I think there would be a lot less drama around this if authors were just up-front about how they use AI. Put it in your readme, just like you do with licenses.
The commits were literally in plain sight. If people didn’t notice it from that alone, then a disclaimer in the README would have gone unnoticed either. The project received several github issues contributing nothing but “remove the AI slop” to the project. If this is the reaction you get for using AI openly, then don’t be surprised when more devs just don’t disclose AI use at all
Why not? I’ve added it to my projects. It’s simple, just open README.md. Write “# Use of AI. This project does not currently use AI. / This project is entirely vibe coded & I don’t read the code at all. / I occasionally use Claude Code but thoroughly review its output.”
Save. Commit. Push. How is that not straightforward?
I think there would be a lot less drama around this if authors were just up-front about how they use AI. Put it in your readme, just like you do with licenses.
The commits were literally in plain sight. If people didn’t notice it from that alone, then a disclaimer in the README would have gone unnoticed either. The project received several github issues contributing nothing but “remove the AI slop” to the project. If this is the reaction you get for using AI openly, then don’t be surprised when more devs just don’t disclose AI use at all
Not straightforward with projects that pre-date coding agents, which is the overwhelming majority?
Why not? I’ve added it to my projects. It’s simple, just open README.md. Write “# Use of AI. This project does not currently use AI. / This project is entirely vibe coded & I don’t read the code at all. / I occasionally use Claude Code but thoroughly review its output.”
Save. Commit. Push. How is that not straightforward?